, 1887-11-10

it could on the Skagit, paying there
for the uniform price of IS per th0us
and feet.
The Farmer says that the Yakima
county commissioners have let con-
tract aggregating $4,000 for the
building of three bridges in that
county; one across tho Yakima at
PTosser, one across the Yakima direct
to the Mckee, and one across the
Matches river, near the mouth. The
commissioners of Yakima county
evince the possession of great liber-
ality in bridge building.
Perhaps on no other reservation
are the Indians so civilized, inteili-
gent and take to farming as well as
those of the Coeur dAiene's. The
Spokane Chronicle gives the follow
ing: This mOrn!ug five of the leading
Indians of the Occur d'AIene tribe
left this city for their reservation
some fifty miles distant, with a bran
new improved threshing machine
and handsome buggy These
Indians have 20 acres of grain each,
ready for harvesting, and the condi-
ton of their neighbsrs Is said to be
similar These Indians were we'll
dressed and intelligent and drove
well kept ponies.
The orders reived by the command
ing officer at Fort Candy to stop work
and hold himself in readiness to pro-
ceed with his command to the Pre-
sidio forthwith, has created much
surprise ald Indignation. Gen. II.
{. Duane, chief of engineers, was Oni
on an inspection tour aud spent an
hoGr at the cape some time ago. He
recommended the removal. and it was
approved by the general of the army
and secretary of war, and now comes
the order from Gen. Howard, com-
manding the division of the Pacific
to pull up and leave Strong protests
have gone to Washington against
this action and if they don't get there
too late it may result in rescinded
order. The post has cost the govern
ment fully 100000 all of which would
be practical loss if abandoned. To
the county the abandonment would be
serious blow in several ways. The
l. 5. n. Co. would be compelled to
withdraw the Candy from the route
and put on smaller boat as without
the military mail contract. which it
now has, the Candy would not pay
expenses. This is not pleasant to
contemplate, certainly. Again. the
loss of the post would be menace
to fishing interests III Bakers bay as
there can be no doubt but that the
close proximity OF the military and
the frownlng guns of the fort has a
quleting influence upon the fisher
men who make threats against lives
and property of trap owners cy,ry
year, and we do not doubt but that
for the nearncsS to Candy last sum
mer, IlWacO would have been RACED. .-
Journal
VIM. l. Scroggs, in the North am
erIcdR ReCiec, cites some facts to
show the baseles5ness of jeff. Davis's
declaration that the theory that ours
is a government made and controlled
by majority of the people is "a
heresy' of recent origin. The cont
mental congress that inspired, organ
lied and conducted the revolutionary
war was composed OF delegates
nominated not by the colonial gov
ernments but by the good people of
three colonies" This congress eXer-
cised sovereign power; the people"
whom 1t represented recognized its
authority. The measures of tn" Con
tinentnl congress became deeds only
by the consent of the whole people"
in whose name it was convoked, and
the people" of the several colonies
thus declared themselves zone people
represented as one government
From I774 to 17S1 this revolutionary
congress was recognized 10y all the
colonies as de .juTe no less than
de tdctO national government. This
revolutionary government entered i'll
to engagements with foreign govern
ments, the binding force of which on
the whole people has never been
questioned. The "colC nies" did not
become states" by Independent col
Ontal action, but by the action of the
whole people en- mdSSe through their
representatives In the Continental
congress Each colony became n
state only in so far as it belonged
to the United States aud its popula-
ton was u part of the people of the
United States" The national gov
rrumeut Is therefore Older than any
of the states, even a. the creator is
older than the creature Their state
hood began when the revolutionary
congress "of the whole people de-
clarrd lin the name of the people"
these uni;ed colouies to be free and
independent states"